
A race to get ready for the last major
The final major of the year, and everyone was cramming for their last big exam. Ernie Els and Adam Scott walked up to the 18th green at Kiawah Island ...

Bolt to final in bid for 2nd consecutive 200 gold
Usain Bolt slowed coming around the bend, looked to his left and saw his lead shrinking. So the Jamaican turned the speed back up a notch for a few ...

Column: Kom, India's "big hero" at London Games
Mary Kom has twin boys waiting at home in India, and she promised to bring them back something nice from the London Olympics. How about a medal? ...

Olazabal: Harrington faces tall order on Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III has a simple message for the Americans trying to earn one of the eights automatic spots on his team this week at the ...

No return to jail for skater Kerrigan's brother
A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday denied a request by ice skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother to return to prison to serve the last four months of an ...

Raisman steps into gymnastics' Olympic spotlight
Aly Raisman was ready to claim her Olympic legacy. She just needed a little bit of karmic justice to help her do it. Some quick thinking from Martha ...

Attar makes Olympic track debut for Saudi women
Sarah Attar finished last and more than a half-minute slower than her nearest competitor in the women's 800 meters. Yet hundreds rose to give her a ...
QUICKQUOTE:'I'M WITH GINGER'
"I've gotten a few more followers on Twitter, recognized a bit more on the street. Usually we are together as a team and when we are with our teammate ...

Mile legend Bannister attends Olympic 1,500 final
Roger Bannister will forever be remembered for four laps around the track. So it was fitting that the first man to break the four-minute mile 58 years ...

Morgan may be next face of US women's soccer
First-time Olympian Alex Morgan already has her defining moment: A game-winning goal in overtime that put the U.S. women's soccer team into the gold ...

EYES ON LONDON: Last game for beach volleyball duo
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ ONE ...

US men shut out in Olympic boxing
The U.S. men's boxing team is headed home from an Olympics empty-handed for the first time. The rest of the world caught and passed the once-dominant ...

Bonus round: 200m finalists go for extra gold
Sanya Richards-Ross already knows she'll head home to the United States with at least one gold medal — the one she won in the 400 meters.

China hopes to get back on track after diving loss
China wants to get back on track. Paola Espinosa Sanchez wants to pick up right where Ilya Zakharov left off. The women's 10-meter platform event at ...

2 US women's teams to play for Olympic beach gold
The beach volleyball title is staying in the United States. That's for certain. The big question now is which team gets the gold. A few hours after ...

China sheds tears over Liu's crash into 1st hurdle
They watched, anguished, and they cried and commiserated — on social media, on the streets of the Chinese capital and, in the case of one anchor, even ...
7 Cameroon athletes missing from Olympic village
Seven of Cameroon's Olympic competitors have disappeared from their official residence and may be attempting to seek asylum in Britain, the chief of ...
Robert Harting wins discus gold at Olympics
Robert Harting of Germany added the Olympic discus title to his two world championship golds, beating Ehsan Hadadi of Iran into silver.

Glory's Last Shot is one last shot for Tiger
Tiger Woods gazed up every time he heard thunder crackling in the distance or the rain pounding the tent Tuesday, the kind of weather that could keep ...

Column: China's Liu epitomizes Olympic bitterness
Seven steps, five more than in Beijing. But the outcome was identical: Liu Xiang's Olympics were over, yet again, before they really began. The magic ...

Olympic soccer thriller has US glad, Canada bitter
Abby Wambach was counting. Out loud. Within earshot of the referee. That's how medals are won, with moments such as those. A wily veteran using a ...
AP Source: Dodge to pull out of NASCAR
Facing a defection by its main partner in racing, Dodge has decided to pull out of its NASCAR sponsorship at the end of this season, a person briefed ...

Clueless fans inject fun into Olympic contests
Lucy Stewart says she likes water polo — even if it doesn't have horses. Like many spectators at the London Olympics, Stewart was watching with ...

5 Olympic things to know for Tuesday
Here are five things to look out for at the London Olympics on Tuesday: ___ 1. GABBY DOUGLAS: The American two-time gold medalist has a chance for one ...